Wildlife Conservation Society

BRONX, NY, August 12, 2026—A polar bear spends nearly a day walking across a remote Arctic island, crushing and consuming eggs, and destroying almost an entire colony of seabird nests. While reported elsewhere in the Arctic, until recently, such scenes were almost unheard of in Alaska.

Bronx, NY, August 7, 2026—In collaboration with the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and ArtW, and presented through the New York City Department of Transportation’s art program (NYC DOT Art), internationally recognized multimedia artist Anita Glesta, will premiere AQUA COSMOS: The Hudson Canyon, a monumental eighteen-minute immersive projection that will transform the Brooklyn Bridge into a gateway to one of the world's most extraordinary marine environments.

ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia, August 3, 2026 — As land degradation, biodiversity loss, and climate change increasingly threaten ecosystems and communities around the world, the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) will urge governments at the 17th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD COP17) to place wildlife conservation and ecological integrity at the heart of global efforts to restore degraded lands and build climate resilience.

ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia, August 3, 2026 — As land degradation, biodiversity loss, and climate change increasingly threaten ecosystems and communities around the world, the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) will urge governments at the 17th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD COP17) to place wildlife conservation and ecological integrity at the heart of global efforts to restore degraded lands and build climate resilience.

NEW YORK, July 28, 2026 — A single day at sea can sometimes tell a much bigger story. Watch this video HERE. These images were taken by the Wildlife Conservation Society New York Bight Program’s Ocean Giants research team on June 29.

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[Above photo: Pancake, a rescued Endangered Kemp’s Ridley turtle returned to the sea at 1:13pm EST on July 23, 2026.

NEW YORK, N.Y. — July 21, 2026 — The Wildlife Conservation Society’s Central Park Zoo is debuting twin Critically Endangered black-and-white ruffed lemurs, born April 5, 2026. The fraternal twin pair includes one male, named Maso, and one female, named Tonga. The black-and-white ruffed lemur is a primate native to the tropical rainforests of eastern Madagascar.

Coney Island, NY, July 9, 2026—An endangered Kemp's ridley sea turtle will be released into the Atlantic Ocean along the beach outside the Wildlife Conservation Society’s New York Aquarium on Thursday, July 16. The turtle, named Pancake, was recovered by Massachusetts Audubon Society suffering from cold stunning in Duck Harbor Beach, Wellfleet, Massachusetts on Nov 22, 2025. Pancake was transferred from Duck Harbor to the New England Aquarium on November 23rd for triage and medical treatment.

BRONX, NY, July 7, 2026—Conservation practitioners around the world now have free access to a wide variety of practical methods for measuring conservation success with the launch of COMET, the Conservation Monitoring Effectiveness Techniques platform. While practitioners can choose from a wide range of monitoring methods, there has until now been no centralized, field-tested guide to which are most effective and cost-efficient in different contexts.